


Art & Nature Retreats 2025
Join Kristen McQuillin for a relaxing and creative day of insightful art, observation, and reflection in rural Chiba. Saturday, August 2, 202511:00 – 16:00 and alsoSaturday, November 1, 2025 Schedule 11:00 pickup at JR Awa-Kamogawa station11:30 Drawing...
Coming (not too) Soon: More Workbooks!
One of my 2024 goals is to publish Drawing Meditation exercises. We have three workbooks now, but I have scores of exercises and meditations to share. Workbooks are my favorite medium, so that is what I plan. But they are old-fashioned and don’t sell well. Every...
Artober 2021: 31-day art challenge
Want to add more art to your autumn? I’ve got 31 creative prompts scheduled for each day in October on our Facebook page and on Instagram. Some prompts are simply text, others may have instructions, examples, or even a video. How to do the challenge The only...Creating happy moments with yoga and drawing
In addition to teaching art & meditation, I lead a yoga class every morning. On the 3rd Sunday of the month, I combine Drawing Meditation and Satoyama Yoga. Today we created fanciful drawings based on our movement in Sun Salutations and Warrior Flow. Elephant...